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. >> just in the last hour, speaker john boehner came over here. it was rather quickly that this came together. he is behind closed doors right now with the president, talking about the fiscal cliff. this may be a last ditch attempt to try to get a deal. >> president obama was not fretting about the fiscal cliff as he strolled to a holiday party, joking with fox news about the warm weather and expressing hope about a deal. >> it's a work in propro gress. >> speaker boehner not so hopeful. >> it's this issue. spending. he rails against what he claims is not enough spending cut in the proposal and slammed the push for executive powr to raise the debt ceiling something that the democrats never would have given former president george w. bush. >> do you think there is any chance senator obama would have done that? zero. congress is never going to give up our ability to control the purse. >> new fox poll suggests the public wants spending reigned in, with 4% saying the federal government provides too many services. only 20% says too few services, 25% sa
. >> just in the last hour, speaker john boehner came over here. it was rather quickly that this came together. he is behind closed doors right now with the president, talking about the fiscal cliff. this may be a last ditch attempt to try to get a deal. >> president obama was not fretting about the fiscal cliff as he strolled to a holiday party, joking with fox news about the warm weather and expressing hope about a deal. >> it's a work in propro gress. >> speaker...
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late today, boehner said the president's position is flawed. >> we are not going to hurt our economy an make job creation more difficult. which is exactly what that plan would do. >> letter sent by the u.s. chamber of commerce and signed by 232 organizations calls on the president and congress to immediately extend all the tax cuts and find other cuts to replace sequestration. the president suggested taking a closer look at reforming entitlements without offing details and says he would like to simplify the tax code. mr. obama says he wants congress to act now to extend tax cut for middle class and try to avoid boxing himself in on upcoming negotiation. >> i'm open to come plo mize and new ideas. i have been encouraged for republicans to agree to more revenue as part of the arithmetic if we are serious to reduce deficit. >> the top republican in senate who is a key player in upcoming talks says raising taxes on the upper income americans does not add up. >> you can't raise taxes enough. the argument on whether or not we should raise tax rates on people above $250,000 would have produ
late today, boehner said the president's position is flawed. >> we are not going to hurt our economy an make job creation more difficult. which is exactly what that plan would do. >> letter sent by the u.s. chamber of commerce and signed by 232 organizations calls on the president and congress to immediately extend all the tax cuts and find other cuts to replace sequestration. the president suggested taking a closer look at reforming entitlements without offing details and says he...
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pointed a finger at speaker boehner. saying his push for plan "b" shut down negotiations on plan "a." major $4 trillion deficit deal. the president tried to tell the public it should not be about him. >> they find ways to say no. as opposed to finding ways to say yes. i don't know how much has to do with it's hard for them to say yes to me. >> that is shortly after the president said it was about him. and the wing re-election message about taxing the rich. >> we had extensive debate about this for a year. not only does majority of the american people agree with me, half of the republican voters agree with me on this. >> after the president's 35-minute news conference boehner responded in over 50 seconds. >> tomorrow, the house will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every american. 99.81% of the american people. then the president has a decision to make to call on the senate democrats to pass the bill. or be responsible for the largest tax increase. >> boehner facing a big problem with his plan to r
pointed a finger at speaker boehner. saying his push for plan "b" shut down negotiations on plan "a." major $4 trillion deficit deal. the president tried to tell the public it should not be about him. >> they find ways to say no. as opposed to finding ways to say yes. i don't know how much has to do with it's hard for them to say yes to me. >> that is shortly after the president said it was about him. and the wing re-election message about taxing the rich....
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bush flanked by the liberal lion, late ted kennedy and congressman now speaker john boehner. since then, speakers unions have made it clear. they can't stand the law. although, secretary duncan insists the waivers are not a pay back for the support of president obama. >> the republican state, democratic state. folks doing the right thing. >> speaker boehner who wrote a lot of the original bill wants congress to stick with and fix no child left behind. >> it's important, i believe, to get this law reauthorized so we can do everything we can to ensure every child in america gets a chance for decent education. >> it's not clear where "no child left behind" fits on the house's voting schedule. republican majority leader eric cantor sent out a memo listing the g.o.p. legislative agenda on the summer and "no child left behind" was not on it. it still could come up but may not be a top priority on the schedule. bret? >> bret: molly, thank you. a senate candidate changes her story concerning her family history. that is next in the grapevine. big apple tries to change the rules for bi
bush flanked by the liberal lion, late ted kennedy and congressman now speaker john boehner. since then, speakers unions have made it clear. they can't stand the law. although, secretary duncan insists the waivers are not a pay back for the support of president obama. >> the republican state, democratic state. folks doing the right thing. >> speaker boehner who wrote a lot of the original bill wants congress to stick with and fix no child left behind. >> it's important, i...
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the president and speaker john boehner have not spoken in nearly a week. when the house republicans convene conference call today, all they were told is lawmakers will get 48 hours' notice if and when they need to come back to session. the talks first stall over the preferred option of plan "a." moving from the income level of $250,000 to $400,000. the focus shifted to plan "b," boehner fallback and would have raised tax on those making $1 million but failed when could not get republican votes. >> all eyes turn to the senate that could be key to a deal on plan "c." scaled-back bill that the president says will focus on unemployment benefits and reverting to the 250,000 level on taxes. >> i asked leaders of congress to work toward a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class americans, protects unemployment insurance for 2 million americans. lays the groundwork for further work on growth and deficit reduction. >> that means taxes go up for some now and spending cut on medicare and other programs are kicked to another date. >> what the president offere
the president and speaker john boehner have not spoken in nearly a week. when the house republicans convene conference call today, all they were told is lawmakers will get 48 hours' notice if and when they need to come back to session. the talks first stall over the preferred option of plan "a." moving from the income level of $250,000 to $400,000. the focus shifted to plan "b," boehner fallback and would have raised tax on those making $1 million but failed when could not...
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>> house speaker john boehner tried pre-empt him. declaring he will have a friday vote to freeze the rates and pay for it by dipping in funds for the president's healthcare law. >> for the president to go out and to campaign on this, with taxpayer funds, is inventing an issue that does not exist. >> the move came after charging the white house to distract from recovery. >> they don't get it. this is about your future. as you do well, the economy does well. >> the battle came as the president got some positive news on the economy, starting with better than expected earning report that boosted wall street. may complicate the general election strategy. >> what do we show for 3-1/2 years of president obama? is it easier to make ends meet? >> after two days after meetings, the federal reserve declared that the jobs picture is getting better, predicting unemployment will be down around 7.8 president near the election. the outlet for economic growth is more optimistic. though he was careful to note there are still major head winds from hous
>> house speaker john boehner tried pre-empt him. declaring he will have a friday vote to freeze the rates and pay for it by dipping in funds for the president's healthcare law. >> for the president to go out and to campaign on this, with taxpayer funds, is inventing an issue that does not exist. >> the move came after charging the white house to distract from recovery. >> they don't get it. this is about your future. as you do well, the economy does well. >> the...
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boehner has problems with the caucus. most of the members are quiet. outside groups have been harsh. club for growth and hair tage foundation are behind this to say that the speaker is out of line. but to this point he has had the benefit of his leadership holding with him. the majority leader eric cantor, whip, mccarthy and ryan behind him. that kept the republican conference together. it could fray depending on how the vote goes. >> bret: speaker boehner used the dual trap before, with the debt ceiling and how he orchestrated that negotiation back then. if the house goes ahead with the votes on thursday, carl, boehner's plan "b" could become a multiple choice. >> you heard what ed whenly was talking about there. first the vote on the plan. they anticipate an hope it will be defeated easily with the republican majority. the plan "b" is that million-dollar threshold, open question. there are republicans who have issues with it. and part of the consternation they express is when the president offered $400,000, why would mr. boehner take so it far out of
boehner has problems with the caucus. most of the members are quiet. outside groups have been harsh. club for growth and hair tage foundation are behind this to say that the speaker is out of line. but to this point he has had the benefit of his leadership holding with him. the majority leader eric cantor, whip, mccarthy and ryan behind him. that kept the republican conference together. it could fray depending on how the vote goes. >> bret: speaker boehner used the dual trap before, with...
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boehner doesn't play it right, there are threats to his speakership. because of the nature of how the republican congress is balanced he could louis eight votes for election of speaker he wouldn't be it for the next upcoming session. >> more on this with the panel. we are talking taxes here but it comes down to spending as well. capitol hill continues to wrestle with the white house. over what to cut, and where. and how much, you have to understand that this back and forth is really tiny. when you look at the fiscal hole the nation is facing. have you wondered how much of the national debt you and your family owe? we take a look at staggering numbers tonight in part two of the series "the cost of spending." >> the national debt clock, spinning faster ever year. we have all seen it before. >> did you see that clock up there? $16 trillion of debt. >> used as prop at campaign events. >> when the come pain began it was less than that. >> you can walk by the main debt clock in new york city. west 44th street and avenue of the americas. but when you really s
boehner doesn't play it right, there are threats to his speakership. because of the nature of how the republican congress is balanced he could louis eight votes for election of speaker he wouldn't be it for the next upcoming session. >> more on this with the panel. we are talking taxes here but it comes down to spending as well. capitol hill continues to wrestle with the white house. over what to cut, and where. and how much, you have to understand that this back and forth is really tiny....
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whole thing went down. >> boehner is a terrific politician. i like him very much. but he is being held captive by a bunch of tea party freshmen who impeded his ability to negotiate with the president. that is the history, the history i went through here and now he says the president lives on another planet and won't negotiate. the president, as jay carney said to you, he was willing now to say yes, as long as let's have tax cuts. >> bret: we never saw the paper the entitlement -- >> impeded by the tea party freshmen. juan forgets that is what they were elected to come to congress to do. these are people who came to washington after campaigned on a set of principles and stuck by them. this is why they are so popular. why they remain popular. >> why did the debt ceiling and the credit rating get downgraded? >> because tea party freshmen? it might have something to do with the $4 trillion of additional debt racked up since president obama came. >> bret: let's talk about the 2012 race after this break. and tonight, 9:00 p.m., the "state of the uni
whole thing went down. >> boehner is a terrific politician. i like him very much. but he is being held captive by a bunch of tea party freshmen who impeded his ability to negotiate with the president. that is the history, the history i went through here and now he says the president lives on another planet and won't negotiate. the president, as jay carney said to you, he was willing now to say yes, as long as let's have tax cuts. >> bret: we never saw the paper the entitlement --...
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a final note, president obama tote formally notified house speaker john boehner of military deployment of yemen and libya, saying the groups are armed for combat but expect it will be a precautionary measure. >> bret: james rosen live at the state department. thank you. of course, the worst of the attacks was against the consulate in libya over the past few days. four americans were killed. including the ambassador. today, they came home. here is senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler. >> reporter: in solemn ceremony, bodies of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans killed in the attack on the benghazi consulate returned to this country. president and secretary of state attended, the victim family members asked not to be shown. mrs. clinton said the four americans gave their lives for the country and the values. the deaths are a loss for the arab spring. >> the people of egypt, libya, yemen and tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for tyranny of a mob. >> meanwhile, as violent protesters of the anti-islam film spread to u.s. missions in ot
a final note, president obama tote formally notified house speaker john boehner of military deployment of yemen and libya, saying the groups are armed for combat but expect it will be a precautionary measure. >> bret: james rosen live at the state department. thank you. of course, the worst of the attacks was against the consulate in libya over the past few days. four americans were killed. including the ambassador. today, they came home. here is senior white house foreign affairs...
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boehner has a plan "c." the mayan apocalypse tomorrow. [ laughter ] >> bret: that is a good dismount. yes or no. plan "b" passes tonight? >> yes. >> not at the moment no. >> i think it does, but it will be, i think it's close. >> bret: next up, both houses of congress on the benghazi report. ♪ ♪ we read the cables. you were fully aware and either you sent people there with security, or you don't send them there. i don't understand why you didn't send a notification up with the cables coming in, with concerns about security. >> we are constantly evaluating our security posture. we are constantly re-evaluating where we need funds >>> we're constantly evaluating the current situation on the ground in all of our countries. as you know, are well aware we have risks all over the world. we're constantly evaluating, determining at the time. >> bret: two hearings up on capitol hill on benghazi today. some fireworks. as two deputy secretaries, not secretary clinton testified on this unclassified report. 39 pages.
boehner has a plan "c." the mayan apocalypse tomorrow. [ laughter ] >> bret: that is a good dismount. yes or no. plan "b" passes tonight? >> yes. >> not at the moment no. >> i think it does, but it will be, i think it's close. >> bret: next up, both houses of congress on the benghazi report. ♪ ♪ we read the cables. you were fully aware and either you sent people there with security, or you don't send them there. i don't understand why you...
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that is boehner's bottom line he can't move off of it. he has the get something real on spending. >> bret: that is what republicans never saw in hardcore, on papeer the last negotiations. >> house republicans are skeptical they'll see anything significant about it now or the short term. what is more likely is a short-term compromise and revisit broader tax reform, sometime down the line. they are trying to get out in front of what they see is inevitable. they want to avoid the tax rate that. they see is punitive. and so they are trying to get ahead of that. being open and signaling publicly, celebrateing they're open to additional revenues they come without increases in rates. i don't know if it will end up in a compromise but they will incyst on seeing more from the white house. >> the first back and forth, though, promising? >> it is. each side could have held ground and gone to negotiations without having concedeed anything. boehner has been speaking about revenues and obama has implying he could drop the rates issue to make it revenue
that is boehner's bottom line he can't move off of it. he has the get something real on spending. >> bret: that is what republicans never saw in hardcore, on papeer the last negotiations. >> house republicans are skeptical they'll see anything significant about it now or the short term. what is more likely is a short-term compromise and revisit broader tax reform, sometime down the line. they are trying to get out in front of what they see is inevitable. they want to avoid the tax...
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loser speaker of the house john boehner. he offered the president a peace pipe and got in return a demand that he turned over his sword, his shirt and at the end his trousers. that is a rather embarrassing position for the speaker. >> bret: he will be asked about it on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. that is it for the panel. but stay tuned to see one thing congress did accomplish today. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok. grandma? hi sweetie! she operates the head. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. >> bret: finally tonight, the big power ball lottery is over but the house had its own lottery today the office lottery for the incoming class of house freshman who become lawmakers early next year. this is a really big deal. they draw lots for the
loser speaker of the house john boehner. he offered the president a peace pipe and got in return a demand that he turned over his sword, his shirt and at the end his trousers. that is a rather embarrassing position for the speaker. >> bret: he will be asked about it on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. that is it for the panel. but stay tuned to see one thing congress did accomplish today. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants...
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how does boehner come out of this? what kind of a deal can he put is not >> the statement we heard from the congressman calling his own people chuckleheads, shows that the president won. i argued a month ago this was never from the president perspective, never about fiscal issues. economic issues. he wants four years for his own agenda to enact. what to do? destroy them and fracture them, which he has done. this is clever tactically. insisting that the one thing that they had to agree to was increase in tax rates. if hoving only interested in fiscally balancing the budget he would have said i don't care how you get the money. but he insisted on rates not because there is an economic issue but a wi to have the house divided. call each other chuckleheads and a speaker who not deposed extremely weakened. this sets him up to have his way over republicans who are in a civil war in the house. >> boehner runs for re-election on third of january, too. stay right there. hold the thought. lightning round up next. friday night. w
how does boehner come out of this? what kind of a deal can he put is not >> the statement we heard from the congressman calling his own people chuckleheads, shows that the president won. i argued a month ago this was never from the president perspective, never about fiscal issues. economic issues. he wants four years for his own agenda to enact. what to do? destroy them and fracture them, which he has done. this is clever tactically. insisting that the one thing that they had to agree to...
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pew those people need to be held accountable. >> this creates awkward situation for boehner and g.o.p. leaders who see contempt as a last resort. republican judicial member fomer suggested later today the house leaders don't greenlight contempt, it might be time for new leadership. >> bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. thank you. senate republicans are accusing senate republica democs trying to intimidate the supreme court on ruling on the healthcare law. 56% of people surveyed by fox news says the president has been trying to pressure justices. court decision expected by the end of the term on june 25. more than 2,000 former professionable football players are -- professional football players are joining forces to sue n.f.l. for head injuries. the action brings together more than 80 lawsuits filed previously. the plaintiffs contend the league deliberately audfrently concealed risk of brian injury. the n.f.l. says allegation has no merit. >> no grapevine to bring you more politics including the visit to o.c. florida o.c. to see what the folks there are saying about the presidential
pew those people need to be held accountable. >> this creates awkward situation for boehner and g.o.p. leaders who see contempt as a last resort. republican judicial member fomer suggested later today the house leaders don't greenlight contempt, it might be time for new leadership. >> bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. thank you. senate republicans are accusing senate republica democs trying to intimidate the supreme court on ruling on the healthcare law. 56% of people surveyed by...
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boehner gave a piece of paper that hardly said anything on it. rubio tweeted out that the president was open to social security cuts. but the republicans weren't. so i'm a little confused about what cuts the republicans want so much they're not getting. >> i was eager to hear kirsten stake on it because i thought that press conference was baffling. very strange thing. it's put me in the other worldly and uncomfortable position of thinking that joe biden is the grownup in the white house. you got a sense from obama he is the sab tier in his own -- saboteur in his own white house. when he said how the republicans have agreed to raising taxes, that was in effect rhetorical poison pill to house republicans. the house republicans want to do is tomorrow when the taxes go all up, that the bush tax cut expire they say that they are voting to cut taxes. they are spinning this to raise taxes. i don't think the republicans should allow themselves to be baited by obama. >> bret: the or thing is talk about the sequester. you will remember of course in debate,
boehner gave a piece of paper that hardly said anything on it. rubio tweeted out that the president was open to social security cuts. but the republicans weren't. so i'm a little confused about what cuts the republicans want so much they're not getting. >> i was eager to hear kirsten stake on it because i thought that press conference was baffling. very strange thing. it's put me in the other worldly and uncomfortable position of thinking that joe biden is the grownup in the white house....
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house speaker john boehner has a message for republicans on his end of pennsylvania avenue. ent to get too comfortable. he -- don't get too comfortable. he is forecasting a rough ride ahead on the way to november. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has details. >> running for re-election for the first time and 50 republicans in tough races, john boehner issued this warning. >> i'd say there is a two an three chance we win control of the house again. but there is a 1-3 chance we could lose. i'll be myself, frank, we got a big challenge. we've got work to do. >> among the tough places are the states that presumptive g.o.p. nominee romney is not expected to be competitive. and where there isn't a big senate race. 32 identified as so-called orphan districts. 18 of those districts are in california, illinois, and new york. states where democrats expect president obama will win big and the candidates will do well. >> we are never guaranteeing anything. we know that the house is in play and the republican majority is in jeopardy. we feel very good about where we are. we
house speaker john boehner has a message for republicans on his end of pennsylvania avenue. ent to get too comfortable. he -- don't get too comfortable. he is forecasting a rough ride ahead on the way to november. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has details. >> running for re-election for the first time and 50 republicans in tough races, john boehner issued this warning. >> i'd say there is a two an three chance we win control of the house again. but there is a 1-3...
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did say that the administration proposal just as boehner said is not serious. it's insulting. laughable. heavy on spending. there is no entitlement reform in there. they want the decouple of the tax rate for precondition for any discussion. they considered the sequester cut that everybody said is just fine. happy for those to be the only cuts on the table. >> all of this talk about the behind the scenes is going better than the public discussion. >> that's what i thought was happening. but it's not. the way they characterize talks is they're going backwards not forward. if president obama is talking about taxing the wealthy. it doesn't get you there. the math doesn't add up. i doesn't get you out of the hole. but if they get that on december 22 and all he get he is has a seriouscliff on his hands. >> i want to play this. question to nancy pelosi. the minority leader in the house about spending cuts and what she is willing to do. >> the thing on the spending cuts -- the definite -- [ inaudible ] >> $1.5 trillion in cuts is a lot of money. we in washington, d.c. and we get used
did say that the administration proposal just as boehner said is not serious. it's insulting. laughable. heavy on spending. there is no entitlement reform in there. they want the decouple of the tax rate for precondition for any discussion. they considered the sequester cut that everybody said is just fine. happy for those to be the only cuts on the table. >> all of this talk about the behind the scenes is going better than the public discussion. >> that's what i thought was...
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which means john boehner will remain speaker. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tonight on the agendas of the respective leaders. >> fresh off the election that guarantees republicans will retain control of the house of representatives, speaker john boehner made clear his numbers are not going to abandon the principles. >> we don't sol t problem of the fiscal imbalance overnight and we certainly won't do in a lame duck session of congress. it won't beed simply by raising taxes or taking a plunge off the fiscal cliff. >> congress' ability to get things done will be tested soon after the election when the fiscal cliff and massive trillions of dollars in tax increases spending cut ace rive at the end of the year. on that pressing matter, they called for grounds to fix it. >> if there is a mandate for us to find way to work together for solutions of the challenges we face as a nation. >> members are told the president's plan has been we should send the economy off part of the fiscal cliff raising the tax rates. or send t
which means john boehner will remain speaker. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tonight on the agendas of the respective leaders. >> fresh off the election that guarantees republicans will retain control of the house of representatives, speaker john boehner made clear his numbers are not going to abandon the principles. >> we don't sol t problem of the fiscal imbalance overnight and we certainly won't do in a lame duck session of congress. it won't beed simply by...
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he was behind vice president biden and speaker boehner. patrick lehey next in line. he joined the senate in 1974. in -- inouye this is what he said marking the pearl har dobo attack december 7, 2011. >> the bombing of pearl harbor 7 years ago began a period of my life when i became i hope a good american. it is something that i will never forget. it changed my life forever. something of interest at this moment. i hope that we will remember december the 7th. i hope we will remember 9-11. that was just a few years ago be people are beginning to forget 9-11. if december the 7th is going to teach us anything, it should be that we must remain vigilant at all times. knotted just to avoid war but vigilant among ourselves that we would not use this as a justification to set aside our most honored document, the constitution. i hope it will never happen again. >> according to his staff, a statement they put out tonight his last words were aloha, hawaii democratic senator daniel inouye died tonight at 88. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- you can stay in and like so
he was behind vice president biden and speaker boehner. patrick lehey next in line. he joined the senate in 1974. in -- inouye this is what he said marking the pearl har dobo attack december 7, 2011. >> the bombing of pearl harbor 7 years ago began a period of my life when i became i hope a good american. it is something that i will never forget. it changed my life forever. something of interest at this moment. i hope that we will remember december the 7th. i hope we will remember 9-11....
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then if boehner were to allow a free open vote, then you could get 180 democrats plus 30 republicans. it could happen. >> doug: voila. >> that is the only scenario. possible one. >> doug: sounds so easy. >> yeah. a lot of this stuff is in principle easy. remember, obama was never interested in solving the fiscal issues. he wanted to break the republicans. he did. there is no civil war on the republican side that makes him sovereign in washington. a great political achievement. the other event is the debt ceiling. happening on january 1. the delicious irony, he could go over the cliff. the debt ceiling is easier to stall, because he needs torrent of income for government. decrease in spending. as a result, the debt croling is postponed. so it's got its little cheerrished curlieques in here. iron this through. enjoy. helps the country one bit. >> on the subject of the debt ceiling, if you add urgency to the component of washington there. geithner sent a letter to all the leader ins the house and senate saying, "obama and the democrats seek increase in debt ceiling as part of any agreeme
then if boehner were to allow a free open vote, then you could get 180 democrats plus 30 republicans. it could happen. >> doug: voila. >> that is the only scenario. possible one. >> doug: sounds so easy. >> yeah. a lot of this stuff is in principle easy. remember, obama was never interested in solving the fiscal issues. he wanted to break the republicans. he did. there is no civil war on the republican side that makes him sovereign in washington. a great political...
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it is complete today went to the top with speaker boehner say leg did agree it's time to pull the -- saying it's time to pull the bill. they have to come up with consensus but it is a rational plan to try to combat piracy on the internet. interesting last night when santorum seemed to be the only one on stage to say this is america, the idea that anything goes on the internet like we where is this coming from? but he was alone. >> steve, chris dodd, now the entertainment industry representative. he said avatar was stolen 21 million times and "ruo" four days after the premier was in 22 different languages. thatry still making that case. >> a serious issue. it was written too broadly. interesting to listen to chris dodd suggest that hollywood might not support president obama if he backed off of his support from this. the most interesting internal thing to have seen in the debate was when rubio who was a cosponsor withdrew the support, you saw in a period of several hours one after another after another. senator withdrawal support as well. >> bret: we were overruled here. we have want
it is complete today went to the top with speaker boehner say leg did agree it's time to pull the -- saying it's time to pull the bill. they have to come up with consensus but it is a rational plan to try to combat piracy on the internet. interesting last night when santorum seemed to be the only one on stage to say this is america, the idea that anything goes on the internet like we where is this coming from? but he was alone. >> steve, chris dodd, now the entertainment industry...
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speaker boehner told reporters today he urged the house judiciary chairman lamar smith to take the house version of the bill back the drawing board. >> this proposal, well-meaning has difficulties. it expect the chairman, like any chairman to build more consensus, before trying to move this bill out of the committee. >> reporter: the high-tech industry including heavyweights as google, yahoo, wikipedia lobbied heavily against the legislation. estimated 7,000 internet sites blacked out their content wednesday in protest. they feared the bill as written would allow authorities to shut down to domestic content providers who unwittingly allow content. it pitted the industry against the entertainment industry demanding you are jent action against the billion dollar losses to piracy. >> "avatrash" was stolen 21 million times. "rio" four days after the premier, it was in 22 different languages. >> there is rare agreement among all republican presidential candidates and the white house for some sort of action. >> the law as written is far too intrusive and expansive and threatening. we believe t
speaker boehner told reporters today he urged the house judiciary chairman lamar smith to take the house version of the bill back the drawing board. >> this proposal, well-meaning has difficulties. it expect the chairman, like any chairman to build more consensus, before trying to move this bill out of the committee. >> reporter: the high-tech industry including heavyweights as google, yahoo, wikipedia lobbied heavily against the legislation. estimated 7,000 internet sites blacked...
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former house speaker dennis hastert and current speaker john boehner. but democrats see an opportunity to chip away at boehner's team, the republican majority in the u.s. house. >> if you have a choice from 500 precinct workers or person with a pencil draw the map, take the pencil. >> they have used the pencil to favor their party. >> as a result of redistricting there are at least four republican districts in that i would say are tossup or lead to democrat. >> for example, shilling district 17 went from a sprawling stretch that slightly favored democrats to a more compact area adding the cities of rockford and peoria. >> with redistricting it leans slightly more democratic than the previous 30 years. if you look at hard numbers it looks good. >> sherry, the democrat challenging shilling enjoys the support of the top congressional democrat senator dick durbin. other at-risk illinois republicans in "d" leaning districts include joe walsh in the eighth district. house democrats are counting on redistricting alone in illinois and elsewhere. to give them ab
former house speaker dennis hastert and current speaker john boehner. but democrats see an opportunity to chip away at boehner's team, the republican majority in the u.s. house. >> if you have a choice from 500 precinct workers or person with a pencil draw the map, take the pencil. >> they have used the pencil to favor their party. >> as a result of redistricting there are at least four republican districts in that i would say are tossup or lead to democrat. >> for...
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. >> that's not true at all because it's john boehner and eric cantor who set the time frame for this. >> polls give the president a substantial lead over mitt romney among jewish voters, but not nearly as big as the lead he enjoyed over john mccain. the romney camp hopes just reducing the advantage will help change the outcome in november. brett? >> bret: wendell goler, thank you. the opening ceremony for the summer olympics is going on right now in london. more than 10,000 athletes from 200 countries will compete in 34 venues. attendance is expected to approach 9 million. the games are said to be 101% over their original budget already. tonight senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot explains whether hosting the olympics will be a golden experience to the british economy. >> the olympics are in london, including so thousand 500 athlete, millions of visitors and with the reregulation, the u.k. hopes for business. >> the economy is bumping along the b. we need all the stimulus we can get. >> some claim it will set records. boosting spending by $1.2 billion. creating 50,000 te
. >> that's not true at all because it's john boehner and eric cantor who set the time frame for this. >> polls give the president a substantial lead over mitt romney among jewish voters, but not nearly as big as the lead he enjoyed over john mccain. the romney camp hopes just reducing the advantage will help change the outcome in november. brett? >> bret: wendell goler, thank you. the opening ceremony for the summer olympics is going on right now in london. more than 10,000...
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apparently he called and he talked to john boehner on the phone. they had a deal almost. once before. i think the outlines of it will be revived and they have to figure out how to structure it. some down payment by the end of the year. some instructions to the tax write-in committee about how much money you will get out of revenue, entitlement and spending. then they can go forward. it really do think that the basic structure of this has not been blown up. >> bret: steve? >> yeah. i mean, i don't have a problem with the president making his case in philadelphia. that is fine. he is the president and he is entitled to do that. i have a problem on the emphasis on taxes and re-knews. that is all we have had a discussion of at this point. the way to solve our long-term debt issues as everybody in this entire town knows is by reforming entitlements. there has been so little discussion of reforming entitlement to this point, very little of it in public. back when they had negotiations the first time, the president wouldn't put anything out on paper. now you're having calls from
apparently he called and he talked to john boehner on the phone. they had a deal almost. once before. i think the outlines of it will be revived and they have to figure out how to structure it. some down payment by the end of the year. some instructions to the tax write-in committee about how much money you will get out of revenue, entitlement and spending. then they can go forward. it really do think that the basic structure of this has not been blown up. >> bret: steve? >> yeah. i...
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john boehner said the details will be hashed out in the august recess and voted on in september. the top senate democrat said it took the issue out of the way for now. >> it will provide stability for the coming months, be free of riders. this is very good. >> reporter: the white house says the deal is a "welcome development." one of largest tea party groups, tea party patriots slammed boehner and reid, chastising them for showing "lack of guts" for avoiding what the tea party call a tough vote in an election year. bret? >> bret: molly, thank you. the city we're in tonight, stockton, california, is not the only city in this country facing uncertain financial future. vice president joe biden's hometown is going through the budgetary bends. david milner cranton, pennsylvania. david? >> reporter: the city of scranton made national news when he said he couldn't made payroll and everyone would have to earn minimum wage, $7.25, including the police, firemen, tab mayor. who slashed his own salary. the mayor ignored in court order that said he had to honor collective bargaining agreement
john boehner said the details will be hashed out in the august recess and voted on in september. the top senate democrat said it took the issue out of the way for now. >> it will provide stability for the coming months, be free of riders. this is very good. >> reporter: the white house says the deal is a "welcome development." one of largest tea party groups, tea party patriots slammed boehner and reid, chastising them for showing "lack of guts" for avoiding what...
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boehner wasn't more detailed the day before. >> getting in to the specifics of that at this point would not be con deuce i to try to come to the white house. >> republicans and democrats continue to position themselves for friday startup talks between the president and congressional leaders. each accusing the other of refusing to compromise. >> the keys to the car are heading toward the fisca cliff are in republican hands. >> liberal democrats demand 1 to 1 ratio of higher tax re-knew to spending cuts, some conservatives are demanding the only increase revenue come from the expanded economic growth. there is little prospect of that enough to avoid the cliff. meanwhile, senator coburn is calling for democrats cut and democrats to find savings in medicare and medicaid. the oklahoma republican admits it's normal for each party to protect the sacred cows. >> i think that is normal. beare not in normal times. >> senator coburn says the pentagon needs to stop being what he calls department of everything. he says the savings wouldn't be huge. $6 billion a year but there was a time when it was
boehner wasn't more detailed the day before. >> getting in to the specifics of that at this point would not be con deuce i to try to come to the white house. >> republicans and democrats continue to position themselves for friday startup talks between the president and congressional leaders. each accusing the other of refusing to compromise. >> the keys to the car are heading toward the fisca cliff are in republican hands. >> liberal democrats demand 1 to 1 ratio of...
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has the upper naned negotiations over the fiscal cliff, especially with the republican speaker john boehner signaling he may be ready for a deal. so conservatives are warning while the president does not have to face the voters again, congressional democrats will in two years. tax hikes could come back to haunt them. >> i think he is going to require increase in tax rate on wealthy. that is his downfall. that is just makes no sense whatsoever. the wealthy are the people who hire everyone else. you can't love jobs and hate job creators. >> white house officials note the president campaigned on raising taxes and he won so he thinks he can sell it to the congressional democrats. meanwhile, the white house officials tonight say he will make the first post-election statement at the white house. tomorrow afternoon, talk about the economy, fiscal cliff. it doesn't look like he will take questions, not a full scale. post election news conference, though. it may be coming soon. >> bret: we'll cover it live on fox. thanks. what is the most pressing issue right now for president? let me know on twitte
has the upper naned negotiations over the fiscal cliff, especially with the republican speaker john boehner signaling he may be ready for a deal. so conservatives are warning while the president does not have to face the voters again, congressional democrats will in two years. tax hikes could come back to haunt them. >> i think he is going to require increase in tax rate on wealthy. that is his downfall. that is just makes no sense whatsoever. the wealthy are the people who hire everyone...
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john boehner. >> sure. >> that doesn't mean it's tea party. it's anti-tea party. the way the fault lines in this race shape up is newt is running what he describes as a anti-establish in the the campaign. establishment is the media, mitt romney. the money, wall street interest. anti-tea party interest in the party. newt has had two surges. both were squelched by tens of million of dollars as he would put it establishment fund aid tack ads on behalf of mitt romney. i don't know if romney is doing it here. you can see the slipping of gingrich's poll numbers. gingrich has a chance tonight to see if he can pull off the same magic in south carolina. the difference is, that the last debate in south carolina was two days before the vote. this one is four days. that is a huge difference. >> bret: quickly, is the republican establishment moderate? >> a lot of the tea party people think they are. their main gripe with the establishment -- >> bret: after 2010? >> they see them as being people who helped george bush spend all this money. so, they think these are the same peop
john boehner. >> sure. >> that doesn't mean it's tea party. it's anti-tea party. the way the fault lines in this race shape up is newt is running what he describes as a anti-establish in the the campaign. establishment is the media, mitt romney. the money, wall street interest. anti-tea party interest in the party. newt has had two surges. both were squelched by tens of million of dollars as he would put it establishment fund aid tack ads on behalf of mitt romney. i don't know if...
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house speaker john boehner wrote an op-ed. the president's health care law, massive expensive unworkable at a time when the national debt sees the size of our economy, and we can't afford it and we can't afford to leave it intact and clear that the law has stay on the table as both parties discuss ways to solve our nagsal debt challenge. where is it going. >> nowhere, he's right about everything he writes about, but it's a disaster, no way it's going to be stopped. it was an issue that the country decided this election, obama staked a claim and he won. the supreme court was the only other way it was going to be stopped. it wasn't stopped, it's not going to be stopped now. and the idea that to oversight committees in the house could stop this is absurd. look, i think it's right. it's going to be disastrous and should be cut back or dismantled, but elections have consequences and this is one. so, i think it's not on the table and republicans can pretend it is, but it's not. there's a lot of other stuff on the table and that's ra
house speaker john boehner wrote an op-ed. the president's health care law, massive expensive unworkable at a time when the national debt sees the size of our economy, and we can't afford it and we can't afford to leave it intact and clear that the law has stay on the table as both parties discuss ways to solve our nagsal debt challenge. where is it going. >> nowhere, he's right about everything he writes about, but it's a disaster, no way it's going to be stopped. it was an issue that...
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speaker boehner does not want this to become a huge focus of what is going non-the house. it still has to be about the economy. it's fine to have a vote. if they want a lot of attention brought to this, they would haven't scheduled this, this afternoon when healthcare was still digested. the politic politics in the shom probably fire up the republican base but angers the democrats. this will take a long time, it won't be resolved before the election. long-term politics hard to gauge. but this will be going non-courtroom and in between lawyers. at the end of the day, i think republicans would be happy if there was some cooperation from the justice department to get what they want, documents they are looking for. >> bret: the family of the killed federal agent at the hands of one of the guns tied to the operation "fast and furious," brian terry's famil family, obviously pleased with this vote. that is the bottom line of the case, it involves a murder as well. >> it is a serious case. it was seriously bizarre and wrong-headed operation. the law, many mexicans lost their lives
speaker boehner does not want this to become a huge focus of what is going non-the house. it still has to be about the economy. it's fine to have a vote. if they want a lot of attention brought to this, they would haven't scheduled this, this afternoon when healthcare was still digested. the politic politics in the shom probably fire up the republican base but angers the democrats. this will take a long time, it won't be resolved before the election. long-term politics hard to gauge. but this...
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. >> speaker boehner noted that the house passed a bill for sequestration and would like to extend tax cut for a year to allow time to work on comprehensive tax reform. before leaving washington, senate majority leader focused on extending the tax cut for middle class. >> congressional sources says it will be based on who wins the election. >> bret: thank you. does it really all come down to ohio? we will ask the fox all-stars. wrap-up of 2012 when we return. [ male announcer ] introducing a reason to look twice. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> i w
. >> speaker boehner noted that the house passed a bill for sequestration and would like to extend tax cut for a year to allow time to work on comprehensive tax reform. before leaving washington, senate majority leader focused on extending the tax cut for middle class. >> congressional sources says it will be based on who wins the election. >> bret: thank you. does it really all come down to ohio? we will ask the fox all-stars. wrap-up of 2012 when we return. [ male announcer...
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. >> house speaker john boehner was warning republicans there will be no spiking of the ball if the high court strikes down the healthcare law, house g.o.p. was huddling to plan all contingencies. >> house will vote to repeal whatever is left of obamacare. then we need to enact common sense, step-by-step reforms to protect jobs and protect american's access to the care they need from the doctor they choose at a lower cost. >> in the memo to colleagues, chairman of the house republican conference jeb hensarling warns to prepare for three potential ruling. full repeal. partial repeal. or law left intact. he advised members to schedule time to read the entire decision. to prepare statements for all three scenarios and consider scheduling teletown halls. that is in expectation of a decision which will have profound and lasting effects. >> no matter how the supreme court rules this will be a seismic decision. if they uphold the mandate or strike down the mandate, either way they will be defining the relationship between the government and the citizen for decades to come. >> publicly expressin
. >> house speaker john boehner was warning republicans there will be no spiking of the ball if the high court strikes down the healthcare law, house g.o.p. was huddling to plan all contingencies. >> house will vote to repeal whatever is left of obamacare. then we need to enact common sense, step-by-step reforms to protect jobs and protect american's access to the care they need from the doctor they choose at a lower cost. >> in the memo to colleagues, chairman of the house...